# Battle River—Crowfoot

Battle River—Crowfoot is a federal electoral district in Alberta.
Battle River—Crowfoot was created by the 2012 federal electoral boundaries redistribution and was legally defined in the 2013 representation order. It came into effect upon the call of the 42nd Canadian federal election, scheduled for October 2015. It was created out of parts of the electoral districts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright.
Even by the standards of rural Alberta, Battle River—Crowfoot is a strongly conservative riding. The riding and its predecessors have been represented by centre-right MPs for all but two years since 1935, and the major right-wing party of the day has usually won here in massive landslides. Since the 1990s, the major right-wing party of the day has won by some of the largest margins ever recorded in Canadian politics, with other parties lucky to get 30 percent of the vote between them. Its first member, Kevin Sorenson, was first elected for Crowfoot in 2000 with 70 percent of the vote–the only time that he garnered less than 80 percent of the vote. The current MP, Damien Kurek, won in 2019 with more than 85% of the vote.

## Demographics

Panethnic groups in Battle River—Crowfoot (2011−2021) :
| Panethnic group | 2021 | 2021 | 2016 | 2016 | 2011 | 2011 |
| Panethnic group | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % |
| European | 89,370 | 88.3% | 94,130 | 91.22% | 94,595 | 93.96% |
| Indigenous | 5,485 | 5.42% | 4,465 | 4.33% | 3,340 | 3.32% |
| Southeast Asian | 2,985 | 2.95% | 2,200 | 2.13% | 1,110 | 1.1% |
| East Asian | 865 | 0.85% | 575 | 0.56% | 455 | 0.45% |
| South Asian | 825 | 0.82% | 665 | 0.64% | 225 | 0.22% |
| African | 755 | 0.75% | 495 | 0.48% | 330 | 0.33% |
| Latin American | 430 | 0.42% | 265 | 0.26% | 295 | 0.29% |
| Middle Eastern | 125 | 0.12% | 185 | 0.18% | 175 | 0.17% |
| Other/Multiracial | 365 | 0.36% | 210 | 0.2% | 145 | 0.14% |
| Total responses | 101,210 | 93.73% | 103,185 | 93.61% | 100,675 | 93.97% |
| Total population | 107,979 | 100% | 110,223 | 100% | 107,140 | 100% |
| Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2012 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries. |||||||

## Members of Parliament

This riding has elected the following members of the House of Commons of Canada:
| Parliament | Years | Member | Party |
| Battle River—Crowfoot Riding created from Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright |||||
| 42nd | 2015–2019 | Kevin Sorenson | Conservative |
| 43rd | 2019–2021 | Damien Kurek | Conservative |
| 44th | 2021–present | Damien Kurek | Conservative |

## Election results
### 2023 representation order

2021 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 42,531 | 71.38 |
| New Democratic | 5,782 | 9.70 |
| People's | 5,556 | 9.33 |
| Liberal | 2,536 | 4.26 |
| Green | 545 | 0.91 |
| Others | 2,631 | 4.42 |

### 2013 representation order

vte2021 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Damien Kurek | 41,819 | 71.3 | -14.2 | $82,245.43 |
| | New Democratic | Tonya Ratushniak | 5,761 | 9.8 | +4.7 | $1,764.29 |
| | People's | Dennis Trepanier | 5,440 | 9.3 | +6.7 | $1,916.25 |
| | Liberal | Leah Diane McLeod | 2,515 | 4.3 | +0.2 | $0.00 |
| | Maverick | Jeff Golka | 2,393 | 4.1 | – | $28,982.24 |
| | Green | Daniel Brisbin | 554 | 0.9 | -1.8 | $234.04 |
| | Veterans Coalition | John Irwin | 178 | 0.3 | — | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 58.660 | – | – | $135,622.71 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 260 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | -9.45 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2019 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Damien Kurek | 53,309 | 85.5 | +4.59 | $61,063.42 |
| | New Democratic | Natasha Fryzuk | 3,185 | 5.1 | -1.44 | $0.00 |
| | Liberal | Dianne Clarke | 2,557 | 4.1 | -5.26 | none listed |
| | Green | Geordie Nelson | 1,689 | 2.7 | -0.48 | $2,467.23 |
| | People's | David A. Michaud | 1,620 | 2.6 | - | none listed |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 62,360 | 100.0 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 352 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 62,712 | 77.3 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 81,123 |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | Swing | +3.02 |
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
vte2015 Canadian federal election :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Kevin Sorenson | 47,552 | 80.91 | –2.18 | $39,101.55 |
| | Liberal | Andy Kowalski | 5,505 | 9.37 | +7.21 | $1,133.54 |
| | New Democratic | Katherine Swampy | 3,844 | 6.54 | –3.30 | $9,738.25 |
| | Green | Gary Kelly | 1,868 | 3.18 | –0.72 | $419.14 |
| Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | Total valid votes/expense limit | 58,769 | 100.00 | | $264,066.87 |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 160 | 0.27 | – |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 58,929 | 73.02 | – |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 80,698 |
| | Conservative notional hold | Conservative notional hold | Swing | Swing | –4.69 |
| This riding was created from parts of Crowfoot and Vegreville—Wainwright, both of which elected Conservative candidates in the 2011 election. Kevin Sorenson was the incumbent from Crowfoot. Changes are based on redistributed results. |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada |||||||
2011 federal election redistributed results :
| Party | Vote | % |
| Conservative | 39,645 | 83.09 |
| New Democratic | 4,694 | 9.84 |
| Green | 1,859 | 3.90 |
| Liberal | 1,028 | 2.15 |
| Others | 487 | 1.02 |

## Towns / villages / cities in Battle River—Crowfoot

* Acadia Valley
* Alliance
* Amisk
* Bashaw
* Bawlf
* Big Valley
* Bittern Lake
* Botha
* Camrose
* Castor
* Cereal
* Chauvin
* Consort
* Coronation
* Czar
* Daysland
* Delia
* Drumheller
* Edberg
* Edgerton
* Empress
* Ferintosh
* Forestburg
* Gadsby
* Galahad
* Halkirk
* Hanna
* Hardisty
* Hay Lakes
* Heisler
* Holden
* Hughenden
* Irma
* Killam
* Lougheed
* Morrin
* Munson
* New Norway
* Oyen
* Provost
* Rosalind
* Round Hill
* Rumsey
* Ryley
* Sedgewick
* Stettler
* Strome
* Three Hills
* Tofield
* Trochu
* Veteran
* Viking
* Wainwright
* Youngstown